Tottenham legend Gary Lineker believes Arsenal signed the wrong scout" in Ben Wrigglesworth from Leicester City to become their new first-team video scout.
Asked by The Guardian to name his team of the season in the Premier League, Lineker said: "[Christian] Fuchs, for sure. Underrated, we got him on a free transfer. I love how Arsenal nicked the wrong scout. Ngolo Kante, for sure, Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy. Four at least.
"Steve Walsh is the guy who found these players and bought them in. I know when he found Mahrez he was sent to watch someone else and came back with Mahrez. He's done a brilliant job and that's been the large key to Leicester's success.
"As in all clubs, it's about the people you bring in and they've done it on a relatively small budget compared with the giants."
Lineker is trying not to think about the prospect of bigger clubs coming in for the club's star performers in the summer, instead happy that they have kept this squad together for an unlikely title challenge.
"I was just pleased that they managed to keep the whole squad together in the January window," he added. "I'm not worried about any danger in the summer -- if they win the league, that'll do.
"They could not even exist again after that and it wouldn't matter! It's just magical what's happened."
Asked by The Guardian to name his team of the season in the Premier League, Lineker said: "[Christian] Fuchs, for sure. Underrated, we got him on a free transfer. I love how Arsenal nicked the wrong scout. Ngolo Kante, for sure, Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy. Four at least.
"Steve Walsh is the guy who found these players and bought them in. I know when he found Mahrez he was sent to watch someone else and came back with Mahrez. He's done a brilliant job and that's been the large key to Leicester's success.
"As in all clubs, it's about the people you bring in and they've done it on a relatively small budget compared with the giants."
Lineker is trying not to think about the prospect of bigger clubs coming in for the club's star performers in the summer, instead happy that they have kept this squad together for an unlikely title challenge.
"I was just pleased that they managed to keep the whole squad together in the January window," he added. "I'm not worried about any danger in the summer -- if they win the league, that'll do.
"They could not even exist again after that and it wouldn't matter! It's just magical what's happened."
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